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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSW, post: 1674027, member: 8708&quot;]These arrived in my latest joblot but my attention was taken by some rather lovely coral.</p><p>Now I&#039;ve studied these I&#039;d love your input please.</p><p>Can anyone guide me with IDing these and to a website with information about faceting of beads?. There is lots of information about gemstone cutting for rings and brooches etc. but not a lot about styles of faceting for beads or the dates they were commonly used. </p><p>The brown ones feel really good quality and heavy. Carnelian or Citrine?. Ignore the clasps as they have been restrung. Smallest c6mm and largest are c14mm</p><p>The other deep purple ones have got me stumped (not difficult). Definitely gemstone, restrung with modern clear beads.&nbsp; To begin with I thought they were Amethyst as they have a purple hue but when the light shines through some of them are bright pink but some are so dark the light doesn&#039;t shine through at all. I put a piece of Amethyst on the light for comparison.</p><p>They vary from c8mm to c12mm so quite chunky.</p><p>I did wonder if they were something dyed but they are so different with the light shining through maybe not.</p><p>Thankyou for looking <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]235581[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]235582[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]235583[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]235584[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]235585[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]235586[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]235587[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]235588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]235589[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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